REVIEW: ESICASTIC - ATMAN

 

ESICASTIC - ATMAN (Independent - 2001): Having interviewd this band I had an idea of what the music of this italian guys was about but they surprised me the same. It´s an extremely technical death metal, with a lot of melodies and a lot of jazz!!. Make yourself an idea of amix betweene Cynic, Atheist and Pestilence to have a clue of what this people do. Spectacular sound and spectacular playing from this band that must rehearse a lot to achieve this results. This MCD has three songs and "Atman" opens the fire with a bass line very complex, followed by the guitars and synthesized guitars everywhere (in the tradition of what Paul Masvidal and Jason Gobel did in that phenomenal record "Focus"). The long tracks allow them to experiment a lot (I would like to see them live because they must be fantastic) taking the rhythm changes, breaks and melodies to unsuspected boundaries. It is really good to see how Nicola uses the fretless bass, an instrument less than common in this style (Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Sadus, Testament) is one of the few musicians that uses it) in "Self Omnipotence" and it is really inspiring to listen guitar solos of this quality. I recommend this CD to all those who love originality and have a really open mind. Favorite tracks: The three. Contact: esicastic@libero.it or http://go.to/esicastic